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Armenian Church of Florida 2021 Lenten Schedule & Programming
St. David Armenian Church (Boca Raton, FL)
- Sunday, February 14, 2021: Poon Paregentan: Morning Service at 9:30AM. Holy Badarak/Divine Liturgy at 10:30AM
- Sunday, February 21, 2021: Sunday of the Expulsion: Morning Service at 9:30AM. Holy Badarak/Divine Liturgy at 10:30AM
- Sunday, February 28, 2021: Sunday of the Prodigal: Morning Service at 9:30AM. Holy Badarak/Divine Liturgy at 10:30AM
- Sunday, March 7, 2021: Sunday of the Steward: Morning Service at 9:30AM. Holy Badarak/Divine Liturgy at 10:30AM
- Sunday, March 14, 2021: Sunday of the Judge: Morning Service – 9:30 AM, Holy Badarak/Divine Liturgy at 10:30 AM
- Sunday, March 21, 2021: Sunday of the Advent
- Sunday, March 28, 2021: Palm Sunday (see flyer below)
Friday Lenten Dinner will be held every week. See below and check back for more information posted weekly through Lent.
Schedule of Holy Week Services
- April 1 – Holy Thursday Remembrance of the Last Supper
- Holy Badarak 11:00 a.m.
- Washing of the Feet Ceremony (Vodunluva) 6:30 p.m.
- The Order Betrayal and Passion of Our Lord 8:00 p.m.
- April 2 – Holy Friday Remembrance of the Crucifixion of Christ
- The Order of the Crucifixion of Christ 12:00 p.m.
- The Entombment of Our Lord Jesus Christ 7:00 p.m.
- April 3 – Holy Saturday Easter Eve (Jurakalooyts)
- Holy Saturday Brunch & Easter Egg Hunt – for children 9:00 a.m.
- Divine Liturgy 5:30 p.m.
- April 4 – Easter Sunday Feast of Resurrection of Jesus Christ
- Morning Service 9:30 a.m.
- Divine Liturgy 10:15 a.m.
St. Hagop Armenian Church (Pinellas Park, FL)
Sunday, March 7, 2021: Lenten Divine Liturgy 10:00-11:15 AM
Arevagal Lenten Sunrise Service 11:15-11:45 AM
Sermon Series-5 Signs of Healthy Church Culture 11:45-12:15 PM
Fellowship with masks & distance 12:15-1:30 PM
Tuesday, March 9, 2021: Parish Council Meeting 6:00-8:00 PM
Wednesday, March 10, 2021: Virtual Discussion Group-Church Culture 7:30-8:30 PM
(participants must register in advance below to get link to join zoom)
Note to Online Worshippers: For Sundays of Lent, our livestream will begin 30 mins. later at 11:15 AM, and end at 12:15PM. We will livestream the beautiful Sunrise (Arevagal) service and the ‘5 Signs of Healthy Church Culture’ series.
Note to In-Person Worshippers: The time of in-person worship has not changed from 10:30AM-12:15PM. The choir & priest will start the closed curtain Lenten Badarak early in order to offer the beautiful Sunrise Arevagal service thereafter.
Sunday Sermon Series
Join us on Lenten Sundays Feb. 21-Mar. 21, in person or via livestream, to explore Bishop Daniel’s challenge to each parish in our Diocese: How to develop a church culture that best forms Christians of the Armenian Orthodox way? Presentation goes from 11:30 AM-12:15 PM. All are welcome.
Wednesday Virtual Discussion Group
Join us via zoom on Lenten Wednesdays Feb. 24-Mar. 24 from 7:30-8:30 PM for interactive follow-up discussions on developing a church culture that best forms Christians of the Armenian Orthodox way. Participants must pre-register click here to receive zoom link. Register once for any/all Wednesday sessions.
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAvdOuoqDMsE9E5GEs_2IREMh9d-LrYPAtm
Soorp Haroutiun Armenian Church (Orlando, FL)
Please join the Armenian community of Orlando every Wednesday evening starting at 6:30 PM for the Lenten Service at the Church or on Facebook Live now through March 28, 2021.
Lenten Bible Study will start at 7:15PM following the service in person and will be held using Zoom Meeting.
Launch Zoom Meeting: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/6249377521?pwd=N3k3UzNKZXpQMlslZ3JWMmN6QzJzQT09
Meeting ID: 624 937 7521
Passcode: Church
St. Mary Armenian Church (Cooper City, FL)
Great Lent Prayer Services
All Lenten Prayer Services begin at 7:00 PM. Gospel Message will follow
- February 26: Lenten Prayer, 7:00 pm.
- February 28: Sunday of the Prodigal Son, Holy Badarak at 10:30 am.
- March 5: Lenten Prayer, 7:00 pm.
- March 7: Sunday of the Stewart, Holy Badarak at 10:30 am.
- March 12: Lenten Prayer, 7:00 pm.
- March 14: Sunday of the Judge. Holy Badarak at 10:30 am.
- March 19: Lenten Prayer, 7:00 pm.
- March 21: Sunday of the Advent. Holy Badarak at 10:30 am.
- March 26: Lenten Prayer, 7:00 pm.
- March 28: PALM SUNDAY and Youth Day. Holy Badarak at 10:30 AM
‘Women of 1915’ Amazon Video Streaming Starts On International Women’s Day
COCONUT CREEK, FL – South Florida-based Armenoid Productions has announced that its 2016 multi award-winning ‘Women of 1915′ feature-length documentary film is slated to stream on Amazon Video in observance of International Women’s Day on March 8th, 2021. This documentary reveals that it was women who were left behind to experience the worst kind of torture and the most heroic form of resilience during the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The film delineates the stories of these women, along with the lasting impact they had on the lives they saved and touched.
“We decided to stream the premiere of Women of 1915 on Amazon Video to coincide with International Women’s Day, because of the film’s universal appeal. One of the women profiled in our film is Victoria Artinian who, having survived the Armenian Genocide and the Great Fire of Smyrna in 1922, migrated to United States. From the “ashes” of death and destruction in her homeland, she succeeded in overcoming these impossible traumatic events to live the American Dream. Amazingly, she also helped raise her daughter’s adopted son who, beginning in his 20s set a path to literally change the world for Victoria Artinian was Steve Job’s adoptive grandmother,” said 4-time Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and South Florida resident Bared Maronian.
Additionally, ‘Women of 1915’ combines facts and emotions to honor the brave American and European women including American volunteer Mary Louise Graffam, Japanese diplomat Diana Apkar, and Danish missionary Maria Jacobsen, who dedicated their lives to rescue the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, while risking their own.
Women of 1915′ was made possible by a principal partnership between Armenoid Productions, Armenian Relief Society of Eastern USA and Ararat Eskijian Museum. In addition, the Armenian Relief Society of Canada, Armenian Relief Society of Western USA, AGBU and AGBU–Hye Geen, made considerable contributions to this project.
Screened in over 40 cities around the world, this documentary was officially selected by the Switzerland International Film Festival and has received Best Documentary Awards at the International Independent Film Awards, Aphrodite Film Awards, Docs Without Borders Film Festival, and the Pomegranate Film Festival. In addition, the ARPA Film Festival’s most prestigious Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award honored Bared Maronian, the director of ‘Women of 1915.’
The creative team behind Women of 1915 includes, Gloria Sanders as narrator, Bardig Kouyoumdjian as the director of photography, C-rouge as the composer, and Hooshere as the performer. Original soundtrack is available at Spotify and Apple Music.
Bared Maronian’s most recent production ‘Bloodless: The Path to Democracy,’ a collaboration between Armenoid Productions and Cultural Impact Foundation, is currently gaining rave reviews at international film festivals. It documents Armenia’s 2018 peaceful revolution. Maronian’s earlier 2013 documentary, ‘Orphans of the Genocide,’ that examines the plight and survival efforts of the over 150,000 orphans of the Armenian Genocide, is currently available on Amazon Video.
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